4. SEPAK TAKRAW 2025 WORLD CUP
NEWS: Bihar will host the ISTAF “Sepak Takraw 2025” World Cup in Patna from March 20 to March 25, 2025.
About Sepak Takraw 2025” World Cup
• The 2025 ISTAF World Cup was the fifth edition of the ISTAF World Cup
• The first championships started in 2011 in Malaysian Kuala Lumpur.
• Conducted By: The world cup is conducted by the International Sepaktakraw Federation (ISTAF)
• Participants: Twenty countries across 4 continents including India are taking part in the event.
About SepakTakraw
• SepakTakraw Is a Traditional Malaysian team sport, similar to volleyball, where players use their feet, knees, chests, and heads to keep a rattan ball in the air and over a net
• The game is also called buka ball, kick volleyball or foot volleyball
• Popular In: The sport is popular in South East Asian countries like Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Brunei and Indonesia.
• Origin: It originated in Southeast Asia, and its modern version was standardized in 1960 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• Ball: The game is played with a rattan ball (or sometimes a synthetic plastic ball) and a net.
• Teams: Two teams of four players each try to score by hitting the ball over the net and landing it within the opponent’s court.
• Court Area: The game is played on a court that resembles a badminton court, with a net in the center.
• In India: Sepaktakraw was introduced in India in the 1980s as a demonstration sport at the Delhi Asian Games in 1982.
• Headquarters: The Sepak Takraw Federation of India is headquartered in Nagpur, Maharashtra.
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